AP U.S. History / Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877
5.6 Failure of Compromise
Notes
- Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854): popular sovereignty repealed the Missouri line; led to "Bleeding Kansas."
- The Republican Party formed to stop slavery's expansion.
- Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857): enslaved people weren't citizens; Congress couldn't ban slavery in territories.
- John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (1859).
Practice
The Kansas-Nebraska Act:
Stephen Douglas.
Dred Scott v. Sandford ruled that:
1857.
The Republican Party formed mainly to:
1854.
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